Hexagram:Great Power →Hexagram:Contemplation
I-Ching Transformation
34
Great Power
Da Zhuang
Thunder / Heaven
→
20
Contemplation
Guan
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 壯于趾征凶有孚
壯zhuàngstrong
于yúis in
趾zhǐthe toes
征zhēngto assert
凶xiōngbodes ill
有yǒuhave
孚fútruth
Line 2: 貞吉
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
Line 3: 小人用壯君子用罔貞厲羝羊觸藩羸其角
小xiǎothe common
人rénpeople
用yòngapply
壯zhuàngstrength
君jūnto (the) noble
子zǐyoung one
用yòngapplies
罔wǎngnets
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìis difficult
羝dīthe billy
羊yánggoat
觸chù(who) butts (against)
藩fānthe hedge(row)
羸léiand entangles(ing)
其qí(by) his
角jiǎohorns
Line 4: 貞吉悔亡藩決不羸壯于大輿之輹
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
悔huǐand
亡wángpass
藩fānthe hedge(row)
決juéopens (up)
不bùwithout
羸léientanglement(s)
壯zhuàngthe power
于yúto go
大dàthe big
輿yúcart
之zhīis (with)in its
輹fùaxle strut
Line 5: 喪羊于易無悔
喪sànglosing
羊yángthe goat
于yúin
易yìthe exchange
無wúno
悔huǐregret(s)
Line 6: 羝羊觸藩不能退不能遂無攸利艱則吉
羝dīthe billy
羊yánggoat
觸chùbutts (against)
藩fānthe hedge(row)
不bùnot
能néngable
退tuìto retreat
不bùnot
能néngable
遂suìto proceed
無wúthis is no
攸yōua direction
利lìwith merit
艱jiānbut
則zégive(s) rise to
吉jípromise
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
纓急縮頸，行不得前，五石示象，襄霸不成。
The cord pulls tight, the neck shrinks; one cannot go forward. Five stones show the omen; Duke Xiang's hegemony fails.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 34 (Great Power) to hexagram 20 (Contemplation). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.